A former professor at The College of New Jersey told a Garden State jury on Monday that the college's finance department was run like an old boys club and that her contract was not renewed because she's a woman.
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'Old Boys Club' Tainted College Prof's Review, Jurors Told

By George Woolston

A former professor at The College of New Jersey told a Garden State jury on Monday that the college's finance department was run like an old boys club and that her contract was not renewed because she's a woman.

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Biopharma Co. Brass Sued Over 'Channel Stuffing' Disclosures

By Katryna Perera

The top brass of pharmaceutical company ADMA Biologics Inc., among other things, failed to disclose certain related-party transactions the company engaged in and a channel-stuffing scheme to create the appearance of revenue, according to a shareholder derivative suit filed Monday.

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NJ Court Rejects Senior Facility's Read On Nursing Home Law

By Gianna Ferrarin

A New Jersey appellate court on Monday upheld a nearly $1 million judgment against a senior care network, rejecting arguments that one of its facilities wasn't operating as a nursing home in its allegedly inadequate care for an elderly patient.

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AGs Want Meta's Privilege Claims Reviewed In Bellwether Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

During a break in a jury trial Monday over states' claims Meta hid social media's harm, states' counsel urged a California federal judge to require Meta to re-review all of its attorney-client privilege designations, arguing that "it seems actually logically impossible" that Meta described the wrong standard in only a single document.  

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High Court Lifts Block On Mail-In Ballot Changes

By Katie Buehler

The Trump administration can proceed with plans to implement some new nationwide mail-in voting regulations ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, but questions remain about the enforceability of proposed U.S. Postal Service restrictions.

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LITIGATION

EPA, States Defend Cleanup Deal In Talc Co. Whittaker Ch. 11

By Clara Geoghegan

The government, joined by California and Montana, is defending a proposed settlement in former talc supplier Whittaker Clark's New Jersey Chapter 11 case, saying a group of personal injury creditors' objection mischaracterized the $16.5 million deal.

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Firm Blames AAA Check Flub For Workers' Axed Arbitration

By Matthew Santoni

A New Jersey personal injury firm says it should not be held responsible and sanctioned for the termination of arbitration proceedings for former employees, telling a state court that the American Arbitration Association had seemingly lost its check for a $6,550 payment.

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AIG Owes Primary Coverage For $4.7M Ambulance Crash Deal

By Hope Patti

An AIG unit owes primary coverage for a $4.75 million settlement of an underlying suit over an ambulance crash, a New Jersey federal court ruled, finding that a borough's coverage through a county joint insurance fund does not trigger an "other insurance" provision.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Feds Seek Circuit Court Reversals In Sanctuary Policy Battle

By Ganesh Setty

The Trump administration has asked separate federal circuit courts to review lower court decisions rejecting its challenges to various state and local sanctuary immigration policies, arguing to the Tenth Circuit that such policies from Colorado and Denver affirmatively obstruct federal immigration enforcement.

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ENFORCEMENT

Brief

Fed. Circ. Agrees To Speed Up Args In COVID Vax Patent Case

By Elliot Weld

The Federal Circuit on Monday agreed to accelerate the schedule in a COVID-19 vaccine patent dispute between Moderna and Arbutus Biopharma Corp. by holding arguments in November.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

3rd Circ. Revives Exxon Unit's Bid To Arbitrate Royalties Claims

By P.J. D'Annunzio

ExxonMobil subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. will get another chance to pursue arbitration in a case over allegedly underpaid natural gas royalties, with the Third Circuit ruling Monday that litigating class claims for more than four years did not preclude its bid for an out-of-court resolution.

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Avis Didn't Waive Arbitration In Insurance Fight, 3rd Circ. Says

By Hope Patti

Avis Budget Group didn't waive its right to arbitrate a dispute over its supplemental liability insurance by deposing a pair of customers in discovery, the Third Circuit ruled Monday, saying the car rental company needed to develop a factual record before moving to compel arbitration.

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CORRECTED: 3rd Circ. Rules Jury Instruction Didn't Trigger New Trial

By P.J. D'Annunzio

In a precedential ruling Friday, the Third Circuit reversed an order granting a man a new trial on drug charges, ruling that while the trial judge should not have told a deadlocked jury that jurors "have to" come up with a verdict, which eventually resulted in the defendant being found guilty, the instruction wasn't "unduly coercive." 

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Brief

ATI Retirees To Appeal Toss Of Pension De-Risking Suit

By Patrick Hoff

Former ATI employees will ask the Third Circuit to reopen a proposed class action alleging the aerospace company put their retirement benefits at risk by converting $1.5 billion in pension obligations to insurance-backed annuities, according to a filing in Pennsylvania federal court.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Legal Center Says DOJ Is Stonewalling Fund Records Request

By Jared Foretek

A voting rights nonprofit is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of stonewalling a request for records on the Trump administration's attempted "anti-weaponization fund," claiming that the agency has spent the summer unlawfully ducking a Freedom of Information Act submission.

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Galindo Law Files For Ch. 11 After Camp Lejeune Fee Fight

By Ben Zigterman

A Houston-based personal injury law firm sought bankruptcy relief on Monday with more than $50 million in liabilities after a mass tort litigation marketing company sued for over $9 million in fees related to finding potential victims of water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.

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Attys Ask Court To Toss Suit Alleging They Stole 1,000 Cases

By Spencer Brewer

Multiple attorneys asked a Texas federal court to toss claims that they conspired to hijack 1,000 cases filed by hurricane survivors who had hired and built cases with a different firm, claiming the firm that brought the suit failed to plead a viable RICO claim.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week saw a wave of lawsuits involving corporate oversight, take-private deals, financing transactions, bankruptcy fallout, stockholder voting rights and disputes over control.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advisors LLC

Andrus Boudreaux

Caplin & Drysdale

Carella Byrne

Cocca & Cutinello

Cohn Lifland

Cole Schotz

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cruser Mitchell

Davis Saperstein

Dykema Gossett

Garrity Graham

Goodwin Procter

Grabar Law

Jason J. Joy & Associates

Jones Gregg

Jordan Lynch & Cancienne

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Litvak Legal Group

Marshall Dennehey

Milbank LLP

Miller Axline

Paul Weiss

Porter Hedges

Reed Smith

Rigrodsky Law

Shell Law Firm

Sherman Silverstein

Stark & Stark

Thompson Coe

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Willkie Farr

Womble Bond

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ADMA Biologics Inc.

ATI Inc.

American Arbitration Association

American International Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.

Avis Budget Group Inc.

Avis Rent A Car System LLC

B. Riley Financial Inc.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy GT&S

Brenntag AG

Campaign Legal Center

Capital One Financial Corp.

Deer Finance LLC

Discover Financial Services Inc.

Enviva LP

Exxon Mobil Corp.

Fort Point Capital

Gemspring Capital

Instagram Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Mariani Co.

Meta Platforms Inc.

Moderna Inc.

National Indemnity Co.

Orange County Water District

RWE AG

State Street Global Advisors Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

XTO Energy Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Department of Justice

California Environmental Protection Agency

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Internal Revenue Service

Montana Department of Environmental Quality

New Jersey Court

New Jersey Supreme Court

Social Security Administration

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Postal Service

U.S. Supreme Court